Time management? Nah! It turns out we have a lot of venting to do about the screwed up nature of the college and university system in the United States. Enjoy our discussion turned extended rant!Participants: Kellen, Grace, KaitiContact:Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Or follow us on Twitter.This episode Download Link.Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link iTunes Store ListingOr Subscribe via RSS in a podcatcher of your choice using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSSLicense:Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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Episode 7: The College and University Educational System

What makes a good name? The story behind our names and what our names mean. Why do our names matter to us? How do we choose names for pets and objects? Why do we assign names to inanimate objects? What makes certain names popular? Do names go out of style? What are good nicknames? What makes comic book character names suitable? How do we pick online names?Participants: Kaiti, Andrew, JimmyContact:Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Or follow us on Twitter.This episode Download Link.Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link iTunes Store ListingOr Subscribe via RSS in a podcatcher of your choice using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSSLicense:Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

Episode 6: What Makes A Good Name

*updated to fix sound quality issues 11/21/2010*What makes something a classic in literature? Who decides what's a Classic? Some weird hypothetical classic decision cases. Why can Classics get away with things non-Classics can't?Participants: Kellen, Kaiti, AndrewCredits:Jonathan Coulton - Kennesaw Mountain LandisHank Green cover of Looking For Alaska by Liane GrahamContact:Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Or follow us on Twitter.This episode Download Link.Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link iTunes Store ListingOr Subscribe via RSS in a podcatcher of your choice using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSSLicense:Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

Episode 5: What Makes A Classic

What would you do if a zombie apocalypse struck? Giraffe Sex and Platypus noises are cool. The Japanese are our great overlords. Beware Batman if you own a Government agent Cat. What does any of that have to do with Television? Find out in today's episode of Getting Thinky!No references today.Participants:  Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy, Andrew, and debuting Melissa and GraceCredits:Dr. Noise cover of Exterminate Regenerate by Chameleon CircuitHank Green - People Who Love GiraffesHank Green - Crime Dramas Suck Contact: Questions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores). Or follow us on Twitter.This episode Download Link. Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link  iTunes Store ListingOr Subscribe via RSS in a podcatcher of your choice using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss  RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSS License:Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

Episode 4: Television

What Makes Music Great? - The history of music. Is music becoming too commercial? What are our favorite genres? Our most embarrassing music. Music that would make us walk out of a coffee shop if we heard it playing.Music Genres Throughout HistoryRENAISSANCE 1400-1600BAROQUE 1600-1760Rep 1) Cello Suite No. 1 - Johann Sebastian BachRep 2) The Four Seasons - Antonio VivaldiCLASSICAL 1730-1820Rep 1) Symphony 40 in G - Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRep 2) Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van BeethovenROMANTIC 1815-1910Rep 1) Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor - Johannes BrahmsRep 2) Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 - Frédéric ChopinFOLK 1840(Undefined), 1940s(Revival)-presentRep 1) This Land Is Your Land - Woody GuthrieRep 2) Blowin' in the Wind - Bob DylanGOSPEL 1900-presentBLUES 1910-presentRep 1) T'ain't Nobody's Business if I Do - Bessie SmithRep 2) Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone WalkerJAZZ 1910-PresentOrigin) Blues • FolkRep 1) Feeling Good - Nina Simone (soulful singing)Rep 2) Take Five - Dave Brubeck (pure instrumental)COUNTRY 1920-PresentOrigin) Folk • GospelSWING 1930-PresentOrigin) Classical • JazzRHYTHM & BLUES 1940-Present (Note: Diff from R&B which reffers to Contemporary R&B)Origin) Blues • Jazz • GospelDOO-WOP 1940-PresentOrigin) Blues • Gospel • Folk • Swing • Rhythmn & BluesROCK & ROLL 1940s-PresentOrigin) Blues • Gospel • Folk • Country • Swing • Rhythmn & Blues • Doo WopRep 1) Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (thundering energy)Rep 2) - ElvisTRADITIONAL POP 1950-PresentOrigin) SwingRep 1) My Way - Frank SinatraRep 2) My Favorite Things - Julie Andrews (ex. of broadway influence)POP 1950-PresentOrigin) Folk • Jazz• Doo Wop • Rock & RollROCK 1950-PresentOrigin) Folk • Country • Rock & RollRep 1) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (epic)SOUL 1950-PresentOrigin) Rhthm and Blues • Gospel • Doo-wopRep 1) Respect - Aretha FranklinPSYCHADELIC 1960-Present (FOLK, ROCK, POP, SOUL)FUNK 1960-PresentOrigin) Rhythm and Blues • Blues • Jazz • PsychedelicRep 1) - James BrownDISCO 1960-PresentOrigin) Funk • Psychadelic • Pop • Rock • Classical • Gospel • Swing • BluesHEAVY METAL 1960-PresentOrigin) Blues • Rock • PsychadelicREGGAE 1970-PresentOrigin) Rhythm and Blues • Jazz • R&B • SoulRep 1) Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & the WailersRep 2) I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny NashHIP HOP 1970-PresentOrigin) Blues • Jazz • ReggaeRep 1) The Message - Grandmaster Flash (1st recording)Rep 2) Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang (popularized term in lyrics)PUNK 1970-PresentOrigin) Rock & Roll • FolkNEW WAVE1970-PresentOrigin) Punk • Rock • DiscoR&B 1980-Present (CONTEMPORARY R&B)Origin) Rhythm and Blues • Funk • Folk • Soul • Hip Hop • Pop • DiscoRep 1) Billy Jean - Michael JacksonALTERNATIVE 1980-PresentOrigin) Punk• New WaveRep 1) R.E.M.Rep 2) The CureINDIE ROCK 1980-PresentOrigin) Alternative • PunkTECHNO 1980-PresentOrigin) Disco • FunkEMO 1980-PresentOrigin) Punk • Indie Rock References:"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDEDFOR THE EXISTENCE OF GODWAS MUSIC"As quoted in "Vonnegut's Blues For America" Sunday Herald (7 January 2006)Relationship between Music and Language:http://www.science20.com/science_20/did_music_evolve_languagehttp://www.associatedcontent.com/article/68934/new_theories_on_language_shed_light.html?cat=4http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_origins_of_musicWhy Americans Have Bad Rhythm“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.” - Louis ArmstrongParticipants:Kellen, Kaiti, JimmyCredits:Jonathan Coulton - Big Bad World OneJosh Woodward - A SongJosh Woodward - Big Disco BallQuestions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores).Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link  iTunes Store ListingOr Subscribe via RSS using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss  RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSSLicense:Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

Episode 3: What Makes Music Great?

MBTI Personality Testing. Definitions. Temperaments. Introducing ourselves through our types. Relationships and types. Dominant functions, societal effects, and is this genetic? War of the Types. The types of Superheroes, TV Show characters, Politicians, and Literary Figures.References:Wikipedia Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Good MBTI Self Test Explanation of MBTI Types at Personality Pathways Determining Your Type when you're on the Fence PersonalityTest.net Types 1998 MBTI Frequency Statistics Keirsey Temperaments Presidential Candidates MBTI List of Types for Real and Fictional People -  Note that that last link isn't the one I mentioned during the podcast, but it's a pretty good list.  Looking through it, ISTJ's and INFJ's are pretty strong too.Psychopath or an INTJ Participants:Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy, and AndrewCredits:Jamison Young's Solar SystemJonathan Coulton's The Future SoonQuestions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail (no spaces or underscores).Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link  iTunes Store ListingOr Subscribe via RSS using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss  RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSSLicense:Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Episode 2: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Today's episode: The Internet!Risks, Effects, Communication, Advertising, Security, Censorship, Brain Alteration, and Short Form vs Long Form Storytelling OnlineReferences:Martin Buber's "I-It" Communication TheoryLong TailColdPlay CSI:NY Ringtone AdHistory of AdCritic.comCarl's Jr. Youtube CampaignThe Fiesta Movement Press ReleaseFiesta Movement Youtube ChannelMost viewed Fiesta Movement Videos on YoutubeFiesta TopGear Part 1 (start at 4:08 if you want to skip to the good stuff)Fiesta TopGear Part 2TrevorSpaceGoogle-China ShowdownSocial Isolation and New TechnologyThe Internet Kill SwitchJohn Green on the Googlization of our Brains ands Long Form NarrativesSurprisingly Free Conversations Nicholas Carr on The effect the Internet has on our BrainNicholas Carr The Atlantic Article Is Google Making Us StupidParticipants:Mari,  Kellen, Kaiti, Jimmy, and AndrewCredits:Jonathan Coulton: Mandelbrot SetQuestions, comments, ideas, suggestions? Leave a comment or email us at the obvious address at gmail. (no spaces or underscores)Subscribe via iTunes using:direct link  iTunes Store ListingOr Subscribe via RSS using these feeds:http://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss  RSShttp://gettingthinky.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default ATOMhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GettingThinky FeedBurner RSSLicense:Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Episode 1: The Internet

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